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b) Discuss the following questions:
suggestions: private car/public transport
recycle certain materials
buy ‘green’ products, etc.
suggestions: monitor the changing situations
make agreements on certain issues (aerosols,
nuclear waste, exploration of Antarctica), etc.
suggestions: write off third-world debts
limit activities of multi-national corporations
give development aid, etc.
I. Read the passage and a) highlight the words phrases in the passage which show the writer’s feelings, attitude and passionately held opinions.
It is odd how comforted people feel by seeing an animal in a large field. Safari parks were invented to make money. No thought of science or conservation sullied (пачкать, загрязнять) their primary conception. Like a rather unpleasant fungus (гриб, плесень), they have spread now throughout the world. In the main, their treatment of animals is disgraceful and the casualties (generally carefully concealed) appalling. I will not mention the motives, or the qualifications of the men who created them, for they are sufficiently obvious, but I would like to stress that I know it to be totally impossible to run these vast concerns with a knowledgeable and experienced staff, since that number of knowledgeable and experienced staff does not exist. I know, because I am always on the look-out for such rare beasts myself.
I am not against the conception of safari parks. I am against the way that they are at present run. In their present form, they represent a bigger hazard and a bigger drain on wild stocks of animals than any zoo ever has done. Safari parks, properly controlled and scientifically run, could be of immense conservation value for such things as antelope, deer and the larger carnivores. But they have a long way to go before they can be considered anything other than animal abattoirs (бойня, скотобойня) in a sylvan (лесистый, лесной, живущий в лесах) setting. I feel, therefore, that one should strive to make zoos and safari parks better, not simply clamour (шум, крик, ор, шумные протесты) for their dissolution. If Florence Nightingale’s sole contribution, when she discovered the appalling conditions in the hospitals of the last century, had been to advocate that they should all be closed down, few people in later years would have praised her for her acumen (проницательность, сообразительность) and far-sightedness.
My plan, then, is that all of us, zoo opponents and zoo lovers alike, should endeavour to make them perfect; should make sure that they are a help to animal species and not an additional burden on creatures already too hard pressed by our unbeatable competition. This can be done by being much more critical of zoos and other animal collections, thus making them more critical of themselves, so that even the few good ones will strive to be better.
(From The Stationary Ark by Gerald Durrell)
b) Here are more examples of words and phrases which show a writer’s attitude. Highlight the ones that you would like to remember.
1. It is … that animals are kept in captivity.
appalling disgraceful dreadful shocking terrible absurd
frightful incomprehensible odd ridiculous strange ironic
2. Some zoos are … but most of them …
admirable excellent fine appalling disgraceful dreadful
frightful shocking
3. …. Something must be done as soon as possible.
Clearly Obviously Quite frankly There is no doubt
Undoubtedly You must agree that Without a shadow of doubt
As far as I ‘m concerned I feel very strongly My view is
4. …there is a straightforward solution to this problem.
Ironically enough Strangely enough Oddly enough
Actually In fact In spite of this Mind you Nevertheless
Still
5. I … good zoos but I … bad ones.
am all in favour advocate applaud approve of favour
support am against condemn strongly disapprove object to
reject the idea of
c) Fill these gaps with words or phrases you highlighted in b) above:
d) Give your own views on ONE of these topics you feel strongly about:
Using animals in laboratories for testing cosmetics
Keeping large, fierce dogs as ‘pets’
Training animals to perform in circuses
Killing animals for ‘sport’
The destruction of the rainforests
Eating meat
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